Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 15:10:02 -0700 (PDT) From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports Subject: Re: ports/1834: ports/net/xgopher/pkg/COMMENT patch Message-ID: <199610202210.PAA19839@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR ports/1834; it has been noted by GNATS. From: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs@freebsd.org> To: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org, gpalmer@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ports/1834: ports/net/xgopher/pkg/COMMENT patch Date: Sun, 20 Oct 1996 22:39:36 +0100 Hi, Reference: > From: Narvi <narvi@haldjas.folklore.ee> > Subject: Re: ports/1834: ports/net/xgopher/pkg/COMMENT patch > Date: Fri, 18 Oct 1996 20:03:54 +0300 (EET DST) > Message-id: <Pine.BSF.3.91.961018200104.22962A@haldjas.folklore.ee> > > > > On Thu, 17 Oct 1996 jhs@freebsd.org wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > net/xgopher A brown, furry creature for burroring through Gopherspa - ce. > > > > is non standard & not informative, for 2 reasons: > > the tool name `gopher' is not explicit > > the user may not know what gopher is or where to get it. > > > > >How-To-Repeat: > > As above > > > > >Fix: > > patch enclosed > > > > ===== > > *** old/ports/net/xgopher/pkg/COMMENT Thu Oct 17 14:55:16 1996 > > --- new/ports/net/xgopher/pkg/COMMENT Thu Oct 17 14:57:32 1996 > > *************** > > *** 1 **** > > ! A brown, furry creature for burroring through Gopherspace. > > --- 1 ---- > > ! An X-Windows front end for `gopher' (an internet fetching tool) > > Bah! But this is no better. It makes me rub my hands and think - so here > we have a tool to fetch internets... It just isn't much of an improvement > IMHO. > > Sander I first tried installing gopher & `man gopher` to get the original definition, but no luck, I agree mine's not great, If you can submit a better one line synopsis please do :-) Julian -- Julian H. Stacey jhs@freebsd.org http://www.freebsd.org/~jhs/
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